Soap-holder.



UNTE STATES PATENT FFlCE.,

SOAP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907'.

Application filed April 12, 1906. Serial No. 311,267.

To all whom, it nitty concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN M. DAvIEs, residing at Flattsburg, in the county of Clinton and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Soap-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices or means for pendently supporting a cake or bar of soap in convenient proximity to wash basins or bowls ofi bath rooms, laboratories and similar compartments in dwellings, railway stations and other public and private places, and it primarily seeks to provide a soap-holding means of the character stated, of a simple, ornamental, and economical construction, in which the soap is especially positioned so that when grasped for use, it is held directly over the wash bowl or basin and when released it is automatically returned to its position adjacent the back end of the bowl or wash basin.

.ln its generic nature, my invention comprehends an improved construction of stand or holder, more especially designed for use on the modern types of' wash basins or bowls and a means adapted for convenient connection with the water `faucets of a wash stand for sustaining the said holder at its operative position.

In its more complete nature, my invention includes a special construction oi holder including a flexible suspension member for the soap and an improved means that detachably connects with the lower end of the said suspension member for supporting the soap cake or bar, and in which the use of springs and similar devices commonly employed in washstand soap holders is entirely dispensed with.

In its still more subordinate features, my invention consists in certain details .of construction and peculiar combination of part-s, all o'l which will be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

- which the devices together withA Fig. 6, is a detail perspective view of the weight. Fig. 7, is a view oi' a preferred forni of soap cake used in connection with my invention.

In its practical arrangement, my soap holding means comprises a light metallic :frame 1 of suitable height, having a vertical compartment Z extended its 'full height open at the top and bottom, the latter being iiat so as to aid in properly supporting the holder on the wash stand or basin, and to provide for `fastening' the same in position, especially on the modern marble top stands or bowls, the holder is held by a bent bracket 3 formed of a twisted strand of stout wire, the loop end of which is bent into a hook 4 adapted to engage the eye 5 in the upper end of the holder whereby the said holder can be readily slipped on or oli the bracket.

From the loop or hook end the bracket is stii'ened by twisting the two strand members as at 6, and one of the said members is continued in a substantially horizontal direction as at 7 and terminates with a spring loop adapted to slip over and clamp against the upper part oi the faucet above the valve chamber and the other member 4is bent downwardly at an angle to form a brace S, the end of which terminates in a U-shaped hook, adapted to slip over and clamp upon `the faucetbelow the valve chamber therein,

as clearly shown in Fig. '7.

At the lower end, the holder has its Jfront wall extended laterally at each side as at 10 to form a splash board, and the said front side above the splash board is preferably inclined rearwardly and provided with a pocket 1 1 for holding tooth brushes and other bath room accessories.

12 designates a pulley mounted in the upper end of the holder, over which takes a flexible suspension means, chain, wire or catgut, to one end of which is connected the bar or cake of soap in the manner presently eX- plained and to the other end ot' which is attached a flat weight 13, movable in the vertical chamber X of the holder and of substantially the width and length of said chamber and to provide for the pro er guiding of the said weight as it is move up or down, the opposite ends of the weight have tongues 14 that fit in the verticalslots 15 in the side of the holder as clearly shown in the drawings.

16 designates a removable plate adapted to be laid upon the weight member 13, said plate having a slot 17 in one edge whereby it IOO can be readily slipped edgewise over` the pulley l2 and the weight chain or cord. This plate, which may be used in connection with the weight 13 to counterbalance the weight of the soap at the start, may be removed when the soap has been used and its weight materially diminished, by ulling the weights to the open top of the hol er.

By contracting the rear portion of the holder to form a guide for the counter-weight, and projecting the upper part lof the lholder forward, there is provided a supplemental bottom portion27 slotted at 28 for the passage of the flexible soap holding member, I5

which assage at the front end is made with `a curve guard 29 to prevent cutting the catgut or tearing out the front end of the bottom member 27 and furthermore, such arrangement of parts provides for a recess or space to receive the soap when at its normal position and for the more eiiectivelycatching the splashings against the splash board portion of the holder.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawings, the advantages and the manner in which my invention can be utilized will be readily understood.

Since the ordinary soap cakes are di-hcult to penetrate with the holding pin 22, I prefer to use a soap cake formed with a longitudinal opening 22a, as shown Fig. 9.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with. the holder, an

. extensible means on the holder for pendently sustaining a bar or cake of soap, means for securing the holder on the wash stand or basin, said holder including a splash board portion against which the soap bar or cake rests when at its normal position.

2. The combination with a holder having a contracted vertical chamber at its lower end, an outwardly projected Jront portion above the contracted vertical chamber, and a splash board portion below the said projected front portion against which the soap bar or cake rests when vat i-ts normal position, means for supporting the holder on the wash stand -or basin, and a means mounted on the holder, comprising a supporting pulley, ra flexible member that takes over the pulley and extended down over the splash board portion a means at one end of the flexible member for attaching the soap body and a counter-poise on the other end of the iiexible member movable and guided in the contracted vertical chamber of the holder, as set Jforth.

3. The combination with the holder having vertical -alining slots inthe opposite ends, a guide pulley in the upper end, a counterpoise movable in the lholder having lateral tongues engaging the slots, a supplemental counterpoise removably mounted on the main counterpoise, a flexible member connected to the main counterpoise passing `over the guide pulley and means for engaging with the lower end of said flexible member for sustaining a cake or bar of soap thereon.

JOHN u. DAvms.

Witnesses LAUREL VALADE, Inv-ING VALADE. 

